Acervulus (mycology)

Acervulus.
cu : cuticle , co : conidia, cf : conidiophores, ps : pseudoparenchymatic stroma , hi : hypha.

The acervulus (from Latin acervus = "pile"; plural acervuli ) is an open, pillow-shaped , asexual fruiting body that occurs in mushrooms . It can always be found below the epidermis of the host tissue and contains conidiophores ( hyphae ) that form conidia (spores).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Acervulus. In: Lexicon of Biology . Retrieved December 9, 2019 .